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Like many developers, I have been interested in Rust for quite some time. Not only because it appears in so many headlines on Hacker News, or because of the novel approach the language takes to safety and performance, but also... (more…)

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Imagine you are implementing a calculator application and want users to be able to extend the application with their own functionality. For example, imagine a user wants to provide a random() function that generates true random numbers using random.org in... (more…)

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